On Sunday 3 December, mum Sarah McCammon shared a hilarious letter her six-year-old son wrote to old Saint Nick. While you’d expect the note to be filled with exciting questions for the big man about his life at the North Pole or a list of extravagant toy requests, the boy’s letter included neither.

“Dear Santa,” it began. “Santa I’m only doing this for the class. I know your naughty list is empty. And your good list is empty. And your life is empty. You don’t know the troubles I’ve had in my life. Good-bye, (I’m not telling you my name).”

The boy’s saucy message was complete with wreath and skull drawings on either side of his letter.

In a subsequent tweet, the mum showed her sense of humour when she clarified what her son’s “troubles” were, jokingly adding, “Don’t call child services.”